Meanwhile, Air America is engaged in “continuous discussions” about repaying the $875,000 in start up loans it got during the 2004 campaign from a publicly funded New York Boys & Girls Club that’s now under investigation by Attorney General Elliot Spitzer.

The Illinois Supreme Court’s reversal of a $1.06 billion judgment against State Farm Insurance also has after-market auto parts manufacturers beaming; the court ruled that using after-market parts was not a breach of the insurance company’s duties to its customers.